World in focus - best photos for August 16, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

The sun sets as smoke from illegal fires an area of Amazon rainforest lingers, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. AFP

Iridescence on the water at the beach in Petit Bel Air, due to the oil leaked from vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius. AFP

The MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. A ship that has leaked more than 1,000 tonnes of oil in pristine waters off the Mauritius coast has split into two, its Japanese operator said. AFP

The British Ministry of Defence (MOD) shows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows performing a fly-past over the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day. AFP

Men sit by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district. AFP

People stroll down Bordeaux's main shopping street Sainte-Catherine, where wearing a mask is compulsory. AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with veterans at the VJ Day National Remembrance event, held at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, Britain. Reuters

A Parsi man wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus prays outside a prayer hall near a Fire Temple during Parsi New Year in Mumbai, India. AP Photo

The youth of state defence carry Indonesian flags to commemorate 75th Indonesia's Independence Day which falls on August 17, at a mountain of garbage in Banda Aceh. AFP

Belarus opposition supporters raise their mobile phones with flashlights during a symbolic minute of silence near the State TV and radio company during a protest rally against police violence recent rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in central Minsk. AFP

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